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Controlling Scroll Bars
Summary: The scroll bars allow you to move the document within the viewable area of the screen. You can turn the scroll bars on or off, according to your desires, using the information in this tip. (This tip works with Microsoft Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, and Word 2003.)
At the bottom and right side of the document there are scroll bars that control what part of the document you are viewing at any given time. If you need more room to view a document, or if you are using Word without a mouse, you can turn them off. To control display of the scroll bars, follow these steps:
- Choose Options from the Tools menu. Word displays the Options dialog box.
- Make sure the View tab is selected. (Click here to see a related figure.)
- Use the Horizontal Scroll Bar check box to turn the horizontal scroll bar on or off.
- Use the Vertical Scroll Bar check box to turn the vertical scroll bar on or off.
- Click on OK.
With the scroll bars turned off, you must use the cursor control keys to move through the document.
Tip #1001 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 97 2000 2002 2003
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